BENEFICIAL RAIN.
KAIAPOI. The rainfall for tho last week-end (says our Kaiapoi correspondent) corresr*„r,,wi ■—•+!, +v- _.._-. —u:_u „„ —_
ponded w.th the rain which camo on at tho same period of the month in 1911. Tho quantity registered then for 48 hours was 1.94 in, and for last Thursday, Friday and Sunday, in North Canterbury, 2.01 in. While tho rain was falling, farmers were somewhat anxious for stacks not thatched, [ grain still out, and the pea and red clover crops. None of these, if at- , tended to, will, on the return of yes- : tcrday's bright stmshino, sustain much damage. Tho rain has improved tho clover crops. The value of the downpour to cattle and sheepmen was very considerable, and the growth of green crop will .be vastly accelerated. Tho s.s. Kairaki, from Kaikoura, with sheep for Kaiapoi, on Sunday encountered at sea a heavy thunderstorm, and hail fell to a thickness of threo inches on the steamer's deck. On Sunday evening, while the heavy rain was in progress, communication by telephono between the Kaiapoi Bureau and Christchurch appeared to bo suspended, as the postmaster at Kaiapoi for somo time was not able to get communication with tho central station.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14599, 25 February 1913, Page 5
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